| LIFE SKILLS |
| Through his literary work, Dr.Bailey shares his knowledge and insights on the various skills required to develop successful lives. This website features a list of books and articles authored by Dr.Bailey on topics related to life skills for today�s youth. |
| Handling Bad Emotions Addresses the challenge of rationalizing and diagnosing bad emotions especially amongst inner city youth, and provides a guide to chart out a healthy mental path for progress/success in life. This book shares information with all those working/helping inner city youth to rise above their mental and environmental poverty and overcome or control bad emotions. For more information or to give comments |
| Echoes of Ancient African Values This piece was written mainly to grab the attention of inner city black youth by acquainting them with their brilliant and powerful ancient African heritage. Provides a detailed study on ancient African anthropology, culture, civilation and contributions to modern day civilizations/cultures. Besides inner city youth and educators, this piece will also be of interest to anthropologists and psycologists in understanding the mindset of both ancient Africans as well as modern-day African Americans. For more information or to give comments |
| Good Character Explains in practical terms the skills needed to instill or develop good character, which goes a long way in achieving a successful and happy life. Each individual part is a topic for reflection/discussion at daily "family talks, Sunday school, community clubs and the school day's beginning lesson. For more information or to give comments |
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| Rising Above Poverty �Rising Above Poverty� is a comprehensive guide that shows how poverty-stricken individuals and/or families can rise above their apparent material shortcomings to become highly successful. One interesting aspect of this piece, is that the solutions offered have been tried and tested successfully by the author, who himself rose from his humble beginnings in North Carolina to become a renowned and highly successful orthopaedic surgeon. While being rooted firmly in practical solutions for real problems faced by the poor, this piece also looks at the different views and roles of various stakeholders in society in relation to this subject including the role of �outsiders� (a term coined by the author to describe those who have not experienced poverty); the education system; parents; family; and community. The topics covered would be of interest to teachers/educators; parents, psychiatrists and those working with lower income groups and/or inner city youth. For more information or to give comments |
| Common Sense Purpose of this book is to equip youths with values and tools to become good and successful persons who know how and when to apply common sense and rational thinking. It serves as a detailed guide for parents and teachers who wish to cultivate good character, rational thinking skills and common sense amongst youth of all ages � starting from pre-schoolers to teenagers. Like the other books written by Dr.Bailey, this piece offers practical ideas which can be effectively used in the classroom or at home to cultivate the key ingredients for future success amongst today�s youth. For more information or to give comments |
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| I Am Somebody This highly engaging book serves as a blueprint of �what to do when you don�t know what to do� � a question especially relevant to youths who do not know how to go about becoming a successful �somebody�. It is a prelude to a second book on the same theme titled �Becoming a Champion Somebody�. This first part is especially helpful for youths that have not identified their lifetime/career goal, and also talks about the various problems that need to be dealt with before a goal can be chosen. It is aimed at getting youths mentally oriented to becoming successful before choosing a lifetime goal. For more information or to give comments |
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| Becoming a Champion Somebody The second part of the �Somebody� series; this piece provides the �nuts & bolts� of becoming a successful person through a systematic 5 step process, called the 5Ps. These stand for Planning (strategy of selecting a goal to determine where one is going); Preparation (tactics of arranging &ordering); Practice (logistics � sharpening skills before going into action); Performance (action of arriving at one�s goal); and Platform (post arrival activities � what does one do once one has reached his/her goal). It offers a pragmatic approach that can be used by parents and teachers who would like to help youths in identifying their goal and pursuing it to fruition; as well as adults who are keen on achieving even greater success. For more information or to give comments |
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| Bailey�s History of African Americans Based on extensive research, this piece presents the history of African-Americans in its truest and complete form. It clears any misconceptions arising from manipulated or misinterpreted information commonly found in standard school textbooks. As this is a study about the history of African-Americans, it inevitably deals with the difficult subject of �racism�, including the forms, causes, methods and history of racism as well as insights into the philosophical and psychological needs of racists, motivation behind racist behaviors; and also touches on the effects on the victims of racism. Many parts of this book are also inspirational as it includes stories about successful African-Americans. The author�s intention in presenting these facts is to give African-American youth pride in their heritage and in whom their ancestors were; and consequently give them the motivation to better themselves in order to rise above racism and poverty. In short, it is an approach for Black self-improvement. For more information or to give comments |
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| Story of Words There is magic in the capability to think hard and speak well. One can awe people in reports, negotiate better settlements, win friends, and otherwise influence people with the basics of good English -- grammar, pronunciation, and word usage. To have a superficial knowledge of a lot of words means knowing a lot of things.One of the best and quickest ways to know a lot of things is to study the origin of words and the tales they tell. Words when used like a periscope, give a peek into cultures, values, fears, hostiilites, mistakes, interest, and pleasures of a given culture. Recognizing the value of the "stories" behind words, in this book Dr.Bailey presents his well-researched stories of dozens of words, i.e. their derivations, their different meanings at different times of history, their added responsibilities , and what they do in a sentence. E.g. of some the words that are elaborated on in this book, are "accounterments", "bullies", "chivalry", "depression", "emotions", "fads", "peace", "virtues", etc. This book will be of special interest to teachers, students and all individuals that have curious and inquisitive minds. For more information or to give comments |
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